Checkerwork for heat regenerators



Oct. 13, 1953 Y J. c. STANLEY 2,655,366

cHEcKERwoRK FOR HEAT REGENERATORS Filed Jan. l1, 1950 V 2' Sheets-Sheet l Oct, 13, 1953 .1. c. STANLEY CHECKERWORK FOR HEAT REGENERATORS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2` Filed Jan. l1. 1950 Patented Oct. 13, 1953 unir en smrss PATE-Nr cerros Julini 61. Stanleyy Iluquesne,la-.,V assigner to UnediSt'at StlliCorporationf. wcoeporation..

Zi Glaimi. 1i

This invention'i-'relates torclieclierworkl for heatr regenerating: devices andiV morev particularly'r tou checkerwork for the regenerators. of an; open;

porictlie cltieckerworic` Winche-e'xtendsftoaifew` feet belbwfthe baseV offi'thez: archi. One oflthe primary disadvantages: 011` thisrdesigri.. is the inefficient: distribution of'. the.l gas"V stream which: results therefrom; Thev hot gasesrtendto travel. over the topV 01..1v the checkers' substantially to itsxend and are thenipulled d'ownk through. cheekersby the. stack.

draft. The colds air moves under the. checkers through. the nues. welif. towardi the` furnace endA before-passing upwardly. through: the checkers.

Thus;A the; eflciency' off. thecheckers is greatly re` duced.. Inf.` order. to.;oyercimiefl this'.deficiency',A attempta'have beenzmadeto redesignztheregenerator so that the fines;A through the checkerwork are` inclined at an anglefto the verticali Howevemthe.. designs tried prior to my invention have brought,-

abouiivery` little improvement in the situation. Any construction of checkerwork having inclined passegeways andi which is economically,` feasible has not provided` closed passagewaysso that the gas passing through the flue does not" al1 follow the desired path, but a largeportion thereof leaks out throughopeningsaroundthe-passageway and tends -to travel in a-A verticali path,`

I have proposed a-brickworlirfor a' heat-regenerator which eliminates` the above-described. difficultiesby'providinganincreasein. the heattransfer area of' the f1ueslay-constructing the: same at an angle to the. verticaLandhax/.ingthe surface of one inclined end Wall continuous and the surface of theiopposite inclinedwallf constructed to presenta serrated surface tothe flow of the fluids. In this latter wall, the maximum area is exposed to the passing fluids, and as one long edge of the brick extends into the flow of the stream, a turbulence of desirable proportions is created, eifecting an efficient heat transfer without impeding the flow of the fluids.

It is accordingly an object of my invention to provide a regenerator checkerwork in which the flues are closed passageways having a large heat transfer area and are inclined at an angle from the vertical.

Another object of my invention is to provide a brick which, when used in the construction of a heat regenerator checkerwork, forms inclined ilues in the regenerator.

Ai further' object of.' my invention is; to1 pnovide ahri'ckihavingf. ana inclined faces on oneside-and aV shoulder' portion.; on each side. of? the' inclined; facel adapted* to` be: usedv` with standard shape brick'. to form' a'. heat regenerator having inclined iiues.`

These and'- other objects will become more ap parent afterf referring;` to the 1 'followurg specicaw tion and attached: drawings,` irrwhich:

Figure`` 1. isaschematio' viewf. of afurnacci regenf erator having` a' checkerwork` construction eme-y bodying myfinvention;

Figure 2 is` a plan-viewshowingf archeckerworh of' standard brick constructedzaccording to them-- vention';

Figure 3v isla. view tairenron: the-dine. III- III of? Figure-2;

Figure 4- is` a sectional View showing: amodificaticniof: Figure, 3;

Figure 5i is ai sectional.View` showing a. checken work ofV standard brick. and skewbaok` brick con-r structed according totheinvention;

Figurer` a perspective view.- oi` thel skew/bacioA brickshown inFigure-y Figure 7 isla perspective ViewF or the. inclined f ace/brick. used. in the checkerwork. showniin Fig uresf 81,39a-nd'l0.;

Fig-ure. 8 is ar plan viewshowingr the; checker-1 work construction ofithe invention madefwith inclined'face brick:

Figure; 9: is ani is'o!r1=,tric-` view' showing; the?. checkervvork. construction of-'the. invention y made: withinclined'facezbrickiandrV Figure'f 10' is" aperspective viewl of: the checkerl Work shown inFigure `9;

Referring more particularly to-ther drawings, reference numeral Zvindicatesianfopen heartbregeneratorhaving a furnace uptake 4 at oneiend. andra: u'e 6i at theother'endsleading to thersmoke stafcln.` The regenerator; is provided with checkerworlc ihaving; inclinerr gas: passageways: IYIlfthere.-r through.

Figures 2 and 3 show the construction of the checkerwork 8, according to my invention, with the use of standard rectangular rebrick. Herein, one thickness of a standard rectangular iirebrick is used for the formation of a single step of the flue. The side Walls I2 of each of the gas passageways I0 are made up of bricks I4 arranged in horizontal courses with the bricks in each course being spaced apart and oifset with respect to the bricks in the adjacent courses. The end Walls I6 of the passageways are generally inclined and made up of bricks I8 which are positioned at right angles to the bricks I4 making up the side walls. Each of the bricks I8 has its ends extending into the spaces 20 between the bricks I4 in horizontal courses of adjacent side walls l2 and its bottom resting on the top of the bricks I4 in the next lower horizontal course. Thus, each brick i8 in the inclined end Wall I6 contacts the brick I4 in the adjacent upper and lower courses and also contacts the brick I8 in the next upper and lower course.

Figure 4 offers a modification wherein the height of each step in the inclined end walls is made up of two thicknesses of standard firebrick. 'Ihis arrangement provides an improvement by increasing the height of corresponding steps of the flues while keeping the length of tread equal to the width of conventional rectangular shape brick.

Figure shows an arrangement wherein the inclined end walls of the flues are made more continuous by substituting a skewback brick 22 for the top brick i8 shown in Figure 4. The skewback brick here used has a base equal to the width of conventional rectangular bricks, a length equal to that of a standard brick and a top having a width equal to the thickness of standard rectangular brick. The use of the skewback brick on the standard brick permits a partial elimination of turbulence at one side of the lues while increasing the free cross section of them.

Figure 7 illustrates a brick 24 having a shape which has been found to be particularly suitable for application to my invention. The brick 24 presents a combination of a standard rectangular-shaped body portion 26 and a wedgeshaped, inclined face portion 29 adjoining a wide side of the rectangular body portion, leaving on both sides of it a shoulder 30 having a widthv of one-half of the thickness of the standard rectangular brick. Bricks 24 are used in checkerwork together with rectangular bricks of conventional design in the manner illustrated in Figures 8, 9 and 10. In this arrangement, the bricks 32 making up the side walls of the passageways l0 are standard rectangular rebrick arranged in horizontal courses on a narrow side, the bricks in each course being onset with respect to the bricks in the adjacent courses above and below. One end wall of each passageway is formed Aby the inclined face portions 28 of bricks 2'4 which are positioned at right angles to the side wall bricks 32. One end of the brick 32 in each course of side wall ts tightly into the space formed by the junction of the shoulders 30 of adjoining bricks 24. The other end abuts the junction of the body portions 25 of adjoining bricks 24 in the opposite end wall of the passageway.

The bricks 24 are laid in progressively offset courses so as to provide one unbroken continuous end wall in the passageway. As shown in Figures 8 and 10, the bricks in each succeeding course of end wall are laid with the bottom of their face portion 28 resting on the top of the body portion 4 26 of the bricks in the next lower adjacent course.

While several embodiments of my invention have been shown and described, it will be apparent that other adaptations and modiications may be made without departing from the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A checkerwork construction for a regenerator comprising a plurality of closed parallel passageways extending through said regenerator at an angle to the vertical, said passageways each having opposed first and second smooth substantially continuous Vertical walls, a third smooth substantially continuous wall inclined to the vertical and connecting said first and second walls, and a fourth wall opposed to said third wall and connecting said rst and second walls, said fourth wall having a corbeled surface.

2. A checkerwork construction for a regenerator having a plurality of closed parallel passageways extending through said regenerator at an angle to the vertical which comprises a plurality of spaced vertical walls, each of said walls being composed of a plurality of courses of bricks, the bricks in each of said courses being horizontally aligned in spaced relation, said bricks being disposed so that the spaces between the bricks in each course are progressively oiset from the top to the bottom of each vertical wall, and a plurality of substantially continuous spaced brick partitions extending transversely between said Walls, the bricks forming said partitions each having a rectangular shaped body portion extending the full length of said brick, and a wedge shaped portion attached to one side of said body intermediate the length thereof so as to form a shoulder at each end of the body portion, each shoulder being adapted to t into'one of said spaces between adjacent bricks in said courses,A said wedge shaped portion having a width equal to the distance between adjacent vertical walls and sloping from the top of said body portion downwardly and outwardly therefrom with its bottom being in the same plane as the bottom of said body portion.

JOI-IN C. STANLEY.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 111,691 Siemens et al. Feb. 7, 1871 1,500,455 Hogbin et al. July 8, 1924 1,706,270 Wilcox Mar. 19, 1929 1,895,302 Wheeler et al Jan. 24, 1933 1,961,510 Ryan June 5, 1934 2,467,166 Thorpe Apr. 12, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 583,125 Germany Aug. 29, 1933 

